Hebræerne 10

1 Thi Loven, som har ikkun en Skygge af de tilkommende Goder og ikke Tingenes Billede selv, kan aldrig ved de samme aarlige Offere, hvilke de bestandigen frembære, fuldkommen forsone dem, som dermed fremkomme.2 Ellers maatte jo disse Offere have ophørt, efterdi de Offrende ikke mere vilde havt nogen Bevidsthed om Synder, naar de eengang vare rensede.3 Men ved Offrene skeer aarligen Syndernes Ihukommelse.4 Thi det er umuligt, at Blod af Øxne og Bukke kan borttage Synder.5 Derfor siger han, idet han indtræder i Verden: Slagt-Offer og Mad-Offer vilde du ikke, menet Legeme beredte du mig;6 Brænd-Offere og Synd-Offere havde du ikke Behagelighed til.7 Da sagde jeg, see, jeg kommer, (der er skrevet om mig i Bogens Rolle,) for at gjøre, Gud! din Villie.8 Men da han først havde sagt: Slagt-Offer og Mad-Offer og Brænd-Offere og Synd-Offere vilde du ikke havde ei heller Behagelighed til dem, (og disse frembæres efter Loven),9 saa siger han: see, jeg kommer, for at gjøre, Gud! din Villie. (han ophæver det Første for at sætte det Andet.)10 Ved hvilken Villie vi ere helliggjorte formedelst Jesu Christi Legemes Offrelse den ene Gang.11 Og hver Præst staaer daglig for at tjene og for at offre mange gange de samme Offere, hvilke aldrig kunne borttage Synder.12 Men han, der han havde offret eet Offer for Syndere, sidder han for stedse hos Guds høire Haand,13 biende iøvrigt, indtil hans Fjender blive lagte til hans Fødders Fodskammel.14 Thi med eet Offer har han for stedse fuldkommen forsonet dem, som helliggjøres.15 Dette vidner ogsaa den Hellig Aand for os; thi efter først at have sagt:16 denne er den pagt, som jeg vil gjøre med dem efter disse Dage, siger Herren: jeg vil give mine Love i deres Hjerter og skrive dem i deres Sind;17 da siger han: og jeg vil ikke mere ihukomme deres synder og deres Overtrædelser.18 Men hvor disse ere forladte, der behøves ikke mere Offer for Synden.19 Efterdi vi da, Brødre! have Frihed til at indgaae i Helligdommen ved Jesu Blod,20 hvortil han indviede os en ny og levende Vei gjennem Forhænget, det er, hans Kjød,21 og efterdi vi have en stor Præst over Guds Huus:22 da lader os træde frem med et sanddru Hjerte, i Troens fulde Forvisning, Hjerterne ved Bestænkelsen rensede fra en ond Samvittighed, og Legemet aftvættet med reent Vand.23 Lader os holde fast ved Haabets urokkelige Bekjendelse; thi han er trofast, som gav Forjættelsen;24 og lader os give Agt paa hverandre, saa vi opmuntre hverandre til Kjærlighed og gode Gjerninger,25 og ikke forlade vor egen Forsamling, som Nogle have for Skik, men formane hverandre, det saa meget des mere, som I see, at Dagen nærmer sig.26 Thi synde vi med Villie, efter at have annammet Sandhedens Erkjendelse, er der ikke Offer mere tilbage for Synden,27 Men en frygtelig Forventelse af Dommen og en brændende Nidkjærhed, som skal fortære de Gjenstridige.28 Naar Nogen har brudt Mose Lov, døer han uden Barmhjertighed efter to eller tre Vidners udsagn:29 hvor meget værre Straf, mene I, at den skal agtes værd, som træder Guds Søn med Fødder og ringeagter pagtens Blod, hvormed han var helliget, og forhaaner Naadens Aand?30 Thi vi kjende den, som har sagt: mig hører Hevnen til, jeg vil betale, siger Herren; og atter: Herren skal dømme sit Folk.31 Det for forfærdeligt at falde i den levende Guds Hænder.32 Kommer de forrige Dage i hu, i hvilke I, efterat I vare blevne oplyste, udholdt en stor Kamp med Lidelser,33 idet I deels selv ved Forsmædelser og Trængsler bleve et Skuespil, deels toge Deel med dem, som fristede saadanne Kaar.34 Thi baade have I Medlidenhed med mine Baand, og I skikkede Eder med Glæde deri, atman røvede Eders Gods, vidende, at I have i Eder selv et bedre og blivende Gods i Himlene.35 kaster derfor ikke Eders Frimodighed bort, hvilken har en stor Belønning;36 thi I have Taalmodighed behov at, naar I have gjort Guds Villie, I da kunne faae Forjættelsen.37 Thi der er endnu kun en liden Stund, indtil den kommer, der skal komme, og han skal ikke tøve.38 Men den Retfærdige af Troen skal leve; og dersom Nogen udddrager sig, har min Sjæl ikke Behagelighed i ham.39 Men vi ere ikke af dem, som unddrage sig til deres Fordærvelse, men af dem, som troe til Sjælens Frelse.

Hebrews 10

Concluding Exposition: Old and New Sacrifices Contrasted

1 For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship.t2 For otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers would have been purified once for all and so havet no further consciousness of sin?3 But in those sacrificest there is a reminder of sins year after year.4 For the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins.t

5 So when he came into the world, he said,
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.

6 “Whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you took no delight in.

7 “Then I said, ‘Here I am:tI have come – it is written of me in the scroll of the book – to do your will, O God.’”s
8 When he says above, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offeringsyou did not desire nor did you take delight in them”s (which are offered according to the law),9 then he says, “Here I am:I have come to do your will.”s He does away witht the first to establish the second.10 By his willt we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.11 And every priest stands day after dayt serving and offering the same sacrifices again and again – sacrifices that can never take away sins.12 But when this priestt had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right hands of God,13 where he is now waitingtuntil his enemies are made a footstool for his feet.s14 For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are made holy.15 And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying,t16 “This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord. I will puttmy laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds,”s17 then he says,t “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer.”s

18 Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.

Drawing Near to God in Enduring Faith

19 Therefore, brothers and sisters,t since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for ust through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,s21 and since we have a great priestt over the house of God,22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings,t because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil consciences and our bodies washed in pure water.23 And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.24 And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,t

25 not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the days drawing near.t
26 For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us,t27 but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a furytsof fire that will consume God’s enemies.ts28 Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to deatht without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.s29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt fort the Son of God, and profanest the blood of the covenant that made him holy,t and insults the Spirit of grace?30 For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,”s and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”s

31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But remember the former days when you endured a harsh conflict of suffering after you were enlightened.33 At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.34 For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison,s and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainlyt had a better and lasting possession.35 So do not throw away your confidence, because itt has great reward.36 For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised.t37 For just a little longers and he who is coming will arrive and not delay.s38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, Ittake no pleasure in him.s

39 But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls.t